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Installing Arch Linux ARM on Raspberry Pi B+

Instructions These instructions are for Linux. Replac sdX in the following instructions with the device name for the SD card as it appears on your computer. Start fdisk to partition the SD card: fdisk /dev/sdX At the fdisk prompt, delete old partitions and create a new one: Type o . This will clear out any partitions on drive. Type p to list partitions. There should be no partitions left. Type n , then p for primary, 1 for the first partition on the drive, press ENTER to accept the default first sector, then type +100M for the last sector. Type t , then c to set the first partition to type W95 FAT32 (LBA). Type n , then p for primary, 2 for the second partition on the drive, and then press ENTER twice to accept the default first and last sector. Write the partition table and exit by typing w. Create and mount the FAT filesystem: mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX1 mkdir boot mount /dev/sdX1 boot Create and mount the ext4 filesystem: mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX2 mkdir root mount /dev

Installing Windows 7 from USB UEFI

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Introduction After using Windows 10 for many days, I had switched to ArchLinux because Windows was very slow. But there was one thing I couldn't do in linux. PLAY GAMES. I know that I can play SOME games but not all. e.g. GTA V. So, I decided to install Windows 7 on my laptop (Asus A555LF) because as everybody knows 7 is faster than 10. So, here we go. Also, there is something you should know. Currently this guide doesn't work for AIO ISOs which contain more than one edition of Windows and also with 32-bit versions. Steps Format the USB stick into FAT32/NTFS. Some systems don't support NTFS. Use FAT32 for more compatibility. Copy the files from the ISO to the USB stick. Copy the folder "boot" from efi/microsoft folder to efi folder. Merge folders if already exists. Now boot from that USB stick. Ideally, plug it into the USB 2.0 port if you have one. If you don't have a 2.0 port, plug it into the 3.0 port, boot from it and follow steps in t